The aim of this study was to assess the chronic effects of a highly selective dihydropiridine calcium channel blocker, israpidine, in its sustained release form (I-SRO), on platelet functions and… (More)

Diabetic nephropathy is the most frequent cause of chronic renal failure. The onset of microalbuminuria in patients with diabetes mellitus, which seems to be related to blood pressure and the control… (More)

Fifty patients with mild or moderate hypertension were assessed for the influence on peripheral hemodynamics of 10 months of treatment with lisinopril (25 patients) or metoprolol (25 patients).… (More)

Thirty-six patients (17 males and 19 females), aged between 40 and 70 years old (mean age 55.9), suffering from slight or moderate arterial hypertension, were monitored for four weeks after 14 days… (More)

Various aspects of carbohydrate and lipid metabolism have been studied in two groups of patients with mild hypertension before and after six months of treatment with either nicardipine (n = 10) or… (More)

The aim of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of enalapril and atenolol in decreasing the severity of proteinuria in hypertensive patients suffering from insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. We… (More)